Stop guessing whether people want your launch.
A waitlist only matters if it creates momentum. KickoffLabs helps you collect early demand, give every subscriber a personal referral link, and reward the people who bring friends before launch day.
Describe your product and AI drafts the first version: landing page copy, email follow-up, referral rewards, legal text, and the core mechanics you need to validate demand before you build the whole thing.
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Quick answer
A product launch waitlist is a campaign page that captures people before your product is available, ranks them by interest or referrals, and turns early subscribers into a launch audience you can email, segment, and activate.
KickoffLabs adds the viral layer: every signup gets a unique share link, referral tracking, reward levels, optional contest actions, fraud protection, and email automation. That means you do not just collect names. You learn who wants the product badly enough to invite someone else.
Publish a waitlist before launch and measure real signups, referrals, shares, and email engagement instead of relying on opinions.
Move people up the list, unlock perks, or qualify VIPs when they refer friends or complete actions that matter to your launch.
Segment early fans, send launch emails, and connect KickoffLabs to your existing marketing stack when it is time to open the doors.
Read the pre-launch waitlist setup guide or compare waitlist campaign options below.
Because a plain signup form tells you almost nothing. A KickoffLabs waitlist gives every subscriber a personal share link, tracks the referrals and actions that actually create demand, and helps the right people move up before launch.
Collect early access requests, product updates, SMS opt-ins, and beta interest in one campaign. Then use KickoffLabs email automation to keep that audience warm until you are ready to sell.
Every lead gets a referral link. You can reward the people who invite friends, share your launch, join your community, answer questions, or complete contest actions that show real intent.
Publish a campaign while the product is still rough. If people sign up, share, and come back for updates, you have evidence. If they do not, you just learned that before spending months polishing the wrong thing.
Use referral counts, rank, engagement, source, and custom fields to spot VIPs, beta testers, early customers, and partners. Connect the campaign to your stack through integrations or export the audience when sales open.
KickoffLabs can draft the campaign copy, emails, referral rewards, and legal starter text. You review it, tighten the offer, and publish a waitlist that feels like your launch instead of a generic template.
You can use a KickoffLabs waitlist to prove demand, build a launch audience, and identify the people most likely to buy, share, or help you shape the product.
We have helped power more than 100 million leads. The pattern is simple: make the offer clear, give people a reason to invite friends, and follow up before the launch energy disappears.
Capture early access requests, explain the launch promise, and give every subscriber a reason to bring friends.
Test whether people will sign up and share before you spend another sprint building features nobody asked for.
Rank the waitlist by referrals, points, or engagement so your best early fans get first access.
Spot influencers, beta testers, partners, and high-intent leads based on what they actually do after signup.
Build a ranked list for pre-sales, early ticket access, private drops, or limited-capacity launches.
Warm up your Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or product-drop audience before the campaign goes live.
Start simple, add a giveaway, or rank people on a leaderboard. The mechanics should match what you want subscribers to do next.
We're flexible. Choose to run a viral campaign in a simple embedded widget, a popup, or even connect to an existing form!
Check out interviews with users who have run successful viral marketing campaigns with KickoffLabs.
I think we drove 30,000 signups just in one week alone! KickoffLabs lets us capitalize on virality, social behavior, and how you make something contagious.
KickoffLabs did a design review with us and they found two things that made a ton of sense and actually improved our conversion even more. So that handholding support was really helpful!
What all of the campaigns have in common is using the KickoffLabs page. We use this platform to test the market...see what people feel about our product.
Just a sample of the things you can get with KickoffLabs!
Launch faster with a 1:1 call, domain setup, video reviews, and design assistance, all valued at $250, included with our Enterprise plan.
Hire the KickoffLabs team to design, develop, and deploy your next viral campaign. We set it up and you just promote it! Learn more.
Manage isolated campaigns for multiple clients with one account. Create re-usable campaign templates. Transfer campaigns to client accounts. Learn more.
We've run giveaways for some of the largest companies with millions of entries connected to Super Bowl commercials. We can meet your needs. Learn more.
Build something custom with our API, javascript library, webhooks to create custom integrations. Learn more.
Upload a set of unique coupon codes we can distribute on entry or at set reward levels.
Create signup links you can send via email to known leads or use to redirect people after taking a survey. Learn more.
Drive contest engagement by giving people additional actions to perform in exchange for even more entries. Learn more.
We've included a template that supports our campaign types out of box and make it easy to edit.
Create achievement levels that anyone can earn by sharing and taking contest actions. Learn more.
Get reports on contest conversion rate, actions, and how effective your referral program is without having to install external tracking scripts. Learn more.
Special contest actions where leads add their phone number or answer simple questions after signing up.
Improve brand recognition, credibility, and get discovered online easier by publishing your KickoffLabs campaign to a custom domain of your choosing! Learn more.
Customize the entry form to collect name, phone number, address, or any custom field you want.
Leads can get additional entries or points when they tell their friends with links we provide. Learn more.
Contestants can earn additional entries when they make purchases or even when they refer someone that makes purchases! Learn more.
Create dedicated landing pages for every audience without touching a single line of code in our drag and drop builder. Learn more.
Show people where they stand by adding a leaderboard to your giveaway. Learn more.
Randomly draw a winner in your giveaway where leads with more entries have better odds. Learn more.
Send emails after sign up or when they reach key activity thresholds to increase engagement.
Prevent fake contest entries and referrals from mucking up your contest. We've got tools to help with that. Learn more.
Easily collaborate with team members on campaigns by inviting them to your account. Learn more.
Test landing pages for your contest without losing conversions to a bad variation!
Collect verified phone numbers with SMS verification codes to ensure you're getting real leads. Learn more.
Have your own designer? Add CSS to our pages or use custom HTML pages with our easy AnyForm script.
Tag, award points, and segment leads that take custom actions outside of KickoffLabs like taking a survey, downloading your app, or making a purchase.
A countdown for your campaign used on landing pages and your contest box.
Push leads to your email software, add lead analytics platforms, and connect to Facebook. Learn more.
Almost half of those leads come from a KickoffLabs contest actions and referrals. What are you waiting for?